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Major Events of 2002
- Major Events of 2002
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Sports
- MLB: 2003 World Series
Florida Marlins win 4-2 against New York Yankees
- Oct 18...Florida 3 at New York 2
- Oct 19...Florida 1 at New York 6
- Oct 21...New York 6 at Florida 1
- Oct 22...New York 0 at Florida 1
- Oct 23...New York 4 at Florida 6
- Oct 25...Florida 2 at New York 0
- NFL: Super Bowl XXXVII
Tampa Bay Buccaneers win 48-21 against the Oakland Raiders
- Super Bowl Box Score:
Tampa Bay...3 17 14 14-48
Oakland........3 0 6 12-21
- Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Mike Weir... -7, margin of 2 (playoff)
- US Open: Jim Furyk... -8 to par
- British Open: Ben Curtis... -1 to par
- PGA Championship: Shaun Micheel... -4 to par
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship: Patricia Meunier-Lebouc... 70-68-70-73--281
- US Women's Open: Hilary Lunke... -1 (PO)
- McDonald's LPGA Championship: Annika Sörenstam
- Weetabix Women's British Open: Annika Sörenstam
Popular Songs
1 50 Cent -In Da Club
2 R. Kelly- Ignition
3 Sean Paul -Get Busy
4 Beyonce feat.- Jay-Z Crazy In Love
5 3 Doors Down -When I'm Gone
6 matchbox twenty-Unwell
7 Chingy Right- Thurr
8 Aaliyah -Miss You
9 Kid Rock feat. Sheryl Crow -Picture
Popular Movies
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $1,119,929,521
2. Finding Nemo Disney / Pixar $867,893,978[2]
3. The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $742,128,461
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Disney $654,264,015
5. Bruce Almighty Universal $484,592,874
6. The Last Samurai Warner Bros. $456,758,981
7. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. / Columbia $433,371,112
8. The Matrix Revolutions Warner Bros. $427,343,298
9. X2 Fox $407,711,549
10. Bad Boys II Columbia $273,339,556
- Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best actor in a leading role: Sean Penn for Mystic River
- Best actress in a leading role: Charlize Theron for Monster
- Best actor in a supporting role: Tim Robbins for Mystic River
- Best actress in a supporting role: Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain
Grammy Awards
- Record of the Year: "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
- Song of the Year: "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones, writer Jessie Harris
- Album of Year: "Come Away With Me" - Norah Jones
- Best New Artist: Norah Jones
Nobel Prizes
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- Peace: Shirin Ebadi (Iran) "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children."
- Physiology or Medicine: Paul Lauterbur & Sir Peter Mansfield "for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging"
- Economic Sciences: Robert F. Engle (USA) & Clive W. J. Granger (UK) "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility or common trends"
- Chemistry: Peter Agre & Roderick MacKinnon "for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes"
- Physics: Alexei Alexeevich Abrikosov, Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg & Anthony James Leggett "for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
- Literature: John Maxwell Coetzee (South Africa - English)
Pulitzer Prizes
- Public Service: The Boston Globe
- National Reporting: Alan Miller & Kevin Sack, Los Angeles Times
- International Reporting: Kevin Sullivan & Mary Jordan, Washington Post
- Editorial Writing: Cornelia Grumman, Chicago Tribune
- Editorial Cartooning: David Horsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Photography: Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times
- Commentary: Colbert I. King, Washington Post
- Criticism: Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
- Feature Writing: Sonia Nazario, Los Angeles Times
- Beat Reporting: Diane K. Sugg, Baltimore Sun
- Explanatory Reporting: Staff, Wall Street Journal
- Investigative Reporting: Clifford J. Levy, New York Times
- Breaking News: Staff, Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, MA)
- Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
- Drama: Nilo Cruz, Anna In The Tropics
- Biography/Autobiography: Robert A. Caro, Master of the Senate
- History: Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
- Poetry: Paul Muldoon, Moy Sand and Gravel
- General Nonfiction: Samantha Power, "A Problem From Hell": America and the Age of Genocide
- Music: John Adams, On the Transmigration of Souls
Major Events of 2002
- Major Events of 2002
Sports
- MLB: 2003 World Series
Florida Marlins win 4-2 against New York Yankees
- Oct 18...Florida 3 at New York 2
- Oct 19...Florida 1 at New York 6
- Oct 21...New York 6 at Florida 1
- Oct 22...New York 0 at Florida 1
- Oct 23...New York 4 at Florida 6
- Oct 25...Florida 2 at New York 0 - NFL: Super Bowl XXXVII
Tampa Bay Buccaneers win 48-21 against the Oakland Raiders
- Super Bowl Box Score:
Tampa Bay...3 17 14 14-48
Oakland........3 0 6 12-21
- Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Mike Weir... -7, margin of 2 (playoff)
- US Open: Jim Furyk... -8 to par
- British Open: Ben Curtis... -1 to par
- PGA Championship: Shaun Micheel... -4 to par
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship: Patricia Meunier-Lebouc... 70-68-70-73--281
- US Women's Open: Hilary Lunke... -1 (PO)
- McDonald's LPGA Championship: Annika Sörenstam
- Weetabix Women's British Open: Annika Sörenstam
Popular Songs
1 50 Cent -In Da Club
2 R. Kelly- Ignition
3 Sean Paul -Get Busy
4 Beyonce feat.- Jay-Z Crazy In Love
5 3 Doors Down -When I'm Gone
6 matchbox twenty-Unwell
7 Chingy Right- Thurr
8 Aaliyah -Miss You
9 Kid Rock feat. Sheryl Crow -Picture
Popular Movies
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $1,119,929,5212. Finding Nemo Disney / Pixar $867,893,978[2]
3. The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $742,128,461
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Disney $654,264,015
5. Bruce Almighty Universal $484,592,874
6. The Last Samurai Warner Bros. $456,758,981
7. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. / Columbia $433,371,112
8. The Matrix Revolutions Warner Bros. $427,343,298
9. X2 Fox $407,711,549
10. Bad Boys II Columbia $273,339,556
- Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Best Director: Peter Jackson
- Best actor in a leading role: Sean Penn for Mystic River
- Best actress in a leading role: Charlize Theron for Monster
- Best actor in a supporting role: Tim Robbins for Mystic River
- Best actress in a supporting role: Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain
Grammy Awards
- Record of the Year: "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
- Song of the Year: "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones, writer Jessie Harris
- Album of Year: "Come Away With Me" - Norah Jones
- Best New Artist: Norah Jones
Nobel Prizes
.
- Peace: Shirin Ebadi (Iran) "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children."
- Physiology or Medicine: Paul Lauterbur & Sir Peter Mansfield "for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging"
- Economic Sciences: Robert F. Engle (USA) & Clive W. J. Granger (UK) "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility or common trends"
- Chemistry: Peter Agre & Roderick MacKinnon "for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes"
- Physics: Alexei Alexeevich Abrikosov, Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg & Anthony James Leggett "for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
- Literature: John Maxwell Coetzee (South Africa - English)
Pulitzer Prizes
- Public Service: The Boston Globe
- National Reporting: Alan Miller & Kevin Sack, Los Angeles Times
- International Reporting: Kevin Sullivan & Mary Jordan, Washington Post
- Editorial Writing: Cornelia Grumman, Chicago Tribune
- Editorial Cartooning: David Horsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Photography: Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times
- Commentary: Colbert I. King, Washington Post
- Criticism: Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
- Feature Writing: Sonia Nazario, Los Angeles Times
- Beat Reporting: Diane K. Sugg, Baltimore Sun
- Explanatory Reporting: Staff, Wall Street Journal
- Investigative Reporting: Clifford J. Levy, New York Times
- Breaking News: Staff, Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, MA)
- Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
- Drama: Nilo Cruz, Anna In The Tropics
- Biography/Autobiography: Robert A. Caro, Master of the Senate
- History: Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
- Poetry: Paul Muldoon, Moy Sand and Gravel
- General Nonfiction: Samantha Power, "A Problem From Hell": America and the Age of Genocide
- Music: John Adams, On the Transmigration of Souls
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